RE: FTP from PC to AS400

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

We are an NT shop.  I still get that DOS-like screen.  Although generally 
I start MSDOS command program first and then start FTP.

On your last paragraph.  First you must have an ftp server loaded on the 
PC.  NT comes with one.  It's just not loaded as the default.  
To find out your PC network name/address do the following:
Right click on Network Neighborhood
Select Properties.  Your computer name should be your IP name.
To get IP address then select Protocols
Select TCP/IP and then Properties
And there is your IP address.

Now try pinging your PC using either your computer name or the IP address.  
If this works but FTP to the PC fails - get a FTP server.





DBale@lear.com on 04/11/2000 12:46:41 PM
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On this subject...  In a previous shop (Windows 95), I was able to use FTP
on the PC side to put / get files to / from the AS/400.  I used the Run
command from the Start menu, just entered FTP and I'd get a DOS-like,
character based entry screen, much like the one you get when you run FTP on
the AS/400.  

My new shop uses Windows NT 4.0 (my first experience with this) and trying
to run FTP from the PC side triggers MS Internet Explorer and brings up a
error window in the browser window that states: "Internet Explorer cannot
open the internet site ftp://ftp/.  The site was not found.  Make sure the
address is correct and try again."

What am I missing here?  On the Run command line, I have tried both just
"FTP" and "FTP as400hostname" with the same results.  Is this solvable by
installing & using something like WARFTP like someone else mentioned here
yesterday?

Oh, and I have never figured out how to use FTP on the AS/400 to send / get
files to / from the PC.  What do you use for a system name or address?  How
do you find that out?

TIA,
Dan Bale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Yates [SMTP:srprog3@co.collin.tx.us]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:59 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: FTP from PC to AS400
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Tufankjian wrote:
> 
> > I want to run FTP from a PC using commands in a text file.  What
> parameters
> > do I need on the FTP command?
> 
> ftp -sfilename [host]
> 
> will work in most cases, but if you are going to login to an as400 you may
> also
> want to specify the '-n' parameter to suppress the automatic login
> process.
> 
> To get a full list of ftp options available, go to a cmd prompt and type
> ftp -?
> and you should get a complete list of command line options.
> 
> Bryan << File: Card for Bryan Yates >> 
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